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An online information session will give people the chance to learn more about apprenticeships with Westmorland and Furness Council.

We’re working to make our area a more fun, safe, and supportive place for children and young people — and we need your ideas to make it happen.

Westmorland and Furness Council’s Portfolio Holder for Finance has announced that he feels he has no choice but to recommend the implementation of increases and charges in a number of service areas following proposed changes to the government’s National Funding Formula for councils. This includes a recommendation to increase Council Tax by 4.99%.

People are being invited to share their views from 9 February on initial design proposals for a new scheme aiming to make it safer and easier to walk, wheel and cycle through the heart of the Lake District.

We are gathering experiences of people who are Kinship Carers, or of young people who have experienced kinship care, so we can work together to shape and improve the future for kinship carers.

Twenty-four community-backed 20mph speed limits have received final approval and will be introduced across Westmorland and Furness in 2026.

Westmorland and Furness Council has approved its Leader and Deputy Leader as its representatives on the new Cumbria Combined Authority (CCA).

Work has begun on a major extension at Beaconside Church of England Primary School in Penrith, creating additional school places and expanding specialist provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Westmorland and Furness Council has welcomed the news that the government’s Access for All programme will fund detailed design work on accessibility upgrades at Ulverston train station.

Westmorland and Furness Council has expressed its deep concern and disappointment at changes proposed by government to the funding of services.